Whippets first catch

[cumbrian-whippet 1]

I took my 14 month old whippet bitch out tonight and she got her first catch! She had a couple of runs in the first field but missed them both but in the second field she managed to catch on her first run so i was over the moon with that!

 

On her second and third runs she caught again but both times as soon as the rabbit stopped moving she let it go, the first one started walking away from her so she went and caught it again but then let it go AGAIN and it hopped in to a hole in the wall. The second one was a squatter and she took it really well while it was still squatting but again as soon as it stopped moving she let go of it and it made a sucessfull run to the same hole in the wall the other one had gone in!

 

Then two more chases in the third field were unsucessfull, but when i tried to turn the lamp on again after the second run the lamp wouldnt work!! I have narrowed it down to one of the wires that goes in to the inline fuse holder (but cant figure out how to open it to get at the wire, so help needed with that one please

 

I think i will try and stitch the rabbit skin on to a dummy and attach it to a piece of string and tug on it after i send her off for it. Does this sound like the right idea to get her to keep hold of the damn rabbits?

[mooshka 22]

Well done... It was her first catch and she'll get the hang of it very soon.. the dummy will definitely help but am sure she will get the idea the more she catches.

 

Good luck

[cumbrian-whippet 1]

I have just fed her the offal and let her have a good scavenge of the carcas so that should help if knows that a caught rabbit = food. should have thought of that when i was out really

[mooshka 22]

Providing she doesn't decide to eat it in the field....

[john rust 45]

Nice one pal, Ive got a whippet the same age and his just started catching on the lamp(caught 3) I bet you where buzzing when she hit it. Keep at it ATB John. Get a pic up

[genuine 81]

Did you get them from the location i give you directions for? What did you make of it if so?

[cumbrian-whippet 1]

Did you get them from the location i give you directions for? What did you make of it if so?

 

I did mate, there were a few bunnies around! the rabbit net made it a lot easier. Thanks again

[sh 08 17]

giving a dog a fresh rabbit will increase the chance of your dog getting worms. what do you mean offal?

Edited November 26, 2009 by sh 08

[cumbrian-whippet 1]

giving a dog a fresh rabbit will increase the chance of your dog getting worms. what do you mean offal?

 

Heart, liver, kidneys etc. They get wormed regularly

[john rust 45]

I drop the whippet the heart,liver and kidneys when hes in the field. A bit of an insentive for him to get another

[poacher3161 1,766]

Can i ask wat strain your whippets out of as two mates are at their wits end with theirs catching and then letting go as if they want the rabbit to run some more one about the same age as yours even nudges squaters to run.atb dell

 

 

[cumbrian-whippet 1]

Mine was just advertised as working whippet pups. He took me out to see the parents working and that was enough for me.

 

Also mine is not as bad as these two sound, she just hasn't quite got the idea that just because the rabbit isn't moving at that particular moment it won't start moving again. With the first one it was struggling to get away untill i got to her and she had it by the neck and had her front legs wrapped round it! I think if i feed her the heart kidneys etc. like john rust does she will probably start keeping hold of them so she gets some food out of it.

 

She is progressing well though, at first she would yap slightly now and again when chasing out of excitement but she didn't do that at all last night even when she was chasing rabbits up and down the fences when they were looking for a way through, she also started to get in to a bad habbit of hunting up after a run but i was whistling twice and flicking the lamp at my feet and she was coming straight back after a few runs. This will have scared a few rabbits in the next field but if it means that in the future she comes straight back after a failed run then i can live with that.